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'''Cory Christensen''' (born December 1, 1994) is an [[Americans|American]] [[curling|curler]] from [[Duluth, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Cory-Christensen|title=Cory Christensen|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> Christensen was one of the top junior women's curlers in the United States, playing in six [[United States Junior Curling Championships|national junior championships]] and winning four of them.
'''Cory Christensen''' (born December 1, 1994) is an [[Americans|American]] [[curling|curler]] from [[Duluth, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Cory-Christensen|title=Cory Christensen|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130045658/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Cory-Christensen|archive-date=2015-01-30|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> Christensen was one of the top junior women's curlers in the United States, playing in six [[United States Junior Curling Championships|national junior championships]] and winning four of them.


== Curling career ==
== Curling career ==


=== 2010-2013: Early Juniors ===
=== 2010-2013: Early Juniors ===
Christensen's first appearance on the national stage was at the 2011 United States Junior National Championships, where she finished fifth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=February 2011|title=WI women, MN men capture Junior Nationals|url=https://issuu.com/uscurlingnews/docs/feb2011_cnews|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=10|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref> Out of the six Junior National appearances, that would be the only time she did not play in the championship final. At the [[2012 United States Junior Curling Championships|2012 Junior Championships]] Christensen returned with the same team of [[Third (curling)|third]] [[Elizabeth Busche]], [[Second (curling)|second]] Anna Bauman and [[Lead (curling)|lead]] Sonja Bauman. Christensen [[Skip (curling)|skipped]] her team to victory, earning her first national junior title and her first opportunity to represent the United States at the [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=April 2012|title=Minnesota, Massachusetts capture junior titles|url=https://issuu.com/uscurlingnews/docs/march2012|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=9|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref> At the [[2012 World Junior Curling Championships|2012 World Juniors]], Christensen's team finished with a winless 0-9 record.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/442|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2012|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2012|title=USA finishes 5th, 10th at World Juniors|url=https://issuu.com/uscurlingnews/docs/may2012|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=11|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref> Tragedy struck just weeks after competing at the World Championship in [[Östersund|Ostersund, Sweden]] when Christensen's vice-skip Busche died from cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/team-usa-curler-duluth-loses-battle-cancer|title=Team USA curler from Duluth loses battle with cancer|last=|first=|date=May 5, 2012|work=Duluth News Tribune|access-date=Dec 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Buche's sudden, young death hit Christensen and the rest of the Duluth junior curlers hard.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/3688648-duluth-curlers-set-junior-worlds|title=Duluth curlers set for junior worlds|last=Malcomb|first=Jamey|date=Feb 27, 2015|work=Duluth News Tribune|access-date=Jan 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Christensen's first appearance on the national stage was at the 2011 United States Junior National Championships, where she finished fifth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=February 2011|title=WI women, MN men capture Junior Nationals|url=https://issuu.com/uscurlingnews/docs/feb2011_cnews|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=10|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref> Out of the six Junior National appearances, that would be the only time she did not play in the championship final. At the [[2012 United States Junior Curling Championships|2012 Junior Championships]] Christensen returned with the same team of [[Third (curling)|third]] [[Elizabeth Busche]], [[Second (curling)|second]] Anna Bauman and [[Lead (curling)|lead]] Sonja Bauman. Christensen [[Skip (curling)|skipped]] her team to victory, earning her first national junior title and her first opportunity to represent the United States at the [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=April 2012|title=Minnesota, Massachusetts capture junior titles|url=https://issuu.com/uscurlingnews/docs/march2012|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=9|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref> At the [[2012 World Junior Curling Championships|2012 World Juniors]], Christensen's team finished with a winless 0-9 record.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/442|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2012|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2012|title=USA finishes 5th, 10th at World Juniors|url=https://issuu.com/uscurlingnews/docs/may2012|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=11|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref> Tragedy struck just weeks after competing at the World Championship in [[Östersund|Ostersund, Sweden]] when Christensen's vice-skip Busche died from cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/team-usa-curler-duluth-loses-battle-cancer|title=Team USA curler from Duluth loses battle with cancer|last=|first=|date=May 5, 2012|work=Duluth News Tribune|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref> Buche's sudden, young death hit Christensen and the rest of the Duluth junior curlers hard.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/3688648-duluth-curlers-set-junior-worlds|title=Duluth curlers set for junior worlds|last=Malcomb|first=Jamey|date=Feb 27, 2015|work=Duluth News Tribune|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>


The next season Christensen returned to competition with the Bauman sisters remaining on the front end of the team and Rebecca Funk replacing Busche at third.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2013jrnationals.broomstones.com/index.php/teams.html|title=2013 Junior Nationals - Teams|last=|first=|date=|website=Broomstones Curling Club|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810105238/http://2013jrnationals.broomstones.com/index.php/teams.html|archive-date=Aug 10, 2014|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref> The team started the season off strong, winning the Minnesota Junior Women's State Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mncurling.org/mca4a-junior-womens-state-champions/|title=Past Champions of the Minnesota State Junior Women’s Championships|last=|first=|date=|website=Minnesota Curling Association|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref> At the [[2013 United States Junior Curling Championships|2013 Junior Nationals]] it looked like Christensen was going defend to her title when she finished the [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] as the number one seed with a 8-1 record, but ultimately she had to settle for the silver medal when they lost the final to Miranda Solem's team by a single point.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3016&eventtypeid=82&view=Scores#1|title=USA Junior Women's Championship - Scores|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=Spring 2013|title=Solem, Dropkin rinks win 2013 Junior National titles|url=http://content.yudu.com/A22r7t/USACurlingSpring2013|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=|pages=10-11|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref> Christensen would still get to play at the [[2013 World Junior Curling Championships|2013 World Junior Championships]] though, as Solem asked her to join as their alternate. Christensen would play in four games at the World Juniors as they finished in seventh place with a 4-5 record.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/479|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2013|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine|last=|first=|date=Summer 2013|title=American ladies finish seventh|url=http://content.yudu.com/A25wla/USACurlingSummer2013|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=20|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref>
The next season Christensen returned to competition with the Bauman sisters remaining on the front end of the team and Rebecca Funk replacing Busche at third.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2013jrnationals.broomstones.com/index.php/teams.html|title=2013 Junior Nationals - Teams|last=|first=|date=|website=Broomstones Curling Club|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810105238/http://2013jrnationals.broomstones.com/index.php/teams.html|archive-date=August 10, 2014|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref> The team started the season off strong, winning the Minnesota Junior Women's State Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mncurling.org/mca4a-junior-womens-state-champions/|title=Past Champions of the Minnesota State Junior Women’s Championships|last=|first=|date=|website=Minnesota Curling Association|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref> At the [[2013 United States Junior Curling Championships|2013 Junior Nationals]] it looked like Christensen was going defend to her title when she finished the [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] as the number one seed with a 8-1 record, but ultimately she had to settle for the silver medal when they lost the final to Miranda Solem's team by a single point.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3016&eventtypeid=82&view=Scores#1|title=USA Junior Women's Championship - Scores|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=Spring 2013|title=Solem, Dropkin rinks win 2013 Junior National titles|url=http://content.yudu.com/A22r7t/USACurlingSpring2013|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=|pages=10-11|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref> Christensen would still get to play at the [[2013 World Junior Curling Championships|2013 World Junior Championships]] though, as Solem asked her to join as their alternate. Christensen would play in four games at the World Juniors as they finished in seventh place with a 4-5 record.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/479|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2013|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Dec 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine|last=|first=|date=Summer 2013|title=American ladies finish seventh|url=http://content.yudu.com/A25wla/USACurlingSummer2013|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=20|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}</ref>


After Christensen returned from World's she rejoined her Junior Nationals team, plus Mackenzie Lank as alternate, for one more event at the end of the season, the qualifier to represent the United States at the [[2013 Winter Universiade]]. The University Games Qualifier had five of the top Junior Women's teams and six of the top Junior Men's teams in the country competing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/curling-duluth-teams-seek-qualify|title=Curling: Duluth teams seek to qualify|last=|first=|date=Apr 11, 2013|website=Duluth News Tribune|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> Tied after the round-robin, Christensen's team defeated [[Becca Hamilton]]'s team in a tiebreaker to earn their trip to the Winter Universiade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3089&eventtypeid=82&|title=Christensen wins 2013 University Games Qualifier|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2013/May/29/WWUG-Trials?p=1|title=WWUG Trials|last=|first=|date=|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
After Christensen returned from World's she rejoined her Junior Nationals team, plus Mackenzie Lank as alternate, for one more event at the end of the season, the qualifier to represent the United States at the [[2013 Winter Universiade]]. The University Games Qualifier had five of the top Junior Women's teams and six of the top Junior Men's teams in the country competing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/curling-duluth-teams-seek-qualify|title=Curling: Duluth teams seek to qualify|last=|first=|date=Apr 11, 2013|website=Duluth News Tribune|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> Tied after the round-robin, Christensen's team defeated [[Becca Hamilton]]'s team in a tiebreaker to earn their trip to the Winter Universiade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3089&eventtypeid=82&|title=Christensen wins 2013 University Games Qualifier|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2013/May/29/WWUG-Trials?p=1|title=WWUG Trials|last=|first=|date=|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>


=== 2013-2016: Junior High Performance Program ===
=== 2013-2016: Junior High Performance Program ===
Christensen, Funk, and the Bauman sisters started the [[2013–14 curling season|2013-14 season]] off playing in a series of [[World Curling Tour]] (WCT) [[Bonspiel|bonspiels]] in a lead up to the 2013 Winter Universiade. At the [[2013 Fort Wayne Summer Cash Spiel|Fort Wayne Summer Cash Spiel]] they only got one win<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=3131&teamid=69020|title=Christensen 1-4 at 2013 Fort Wayne Summer Cash Spiel|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> but they followed that up a month later with their first career Tour victory at the [[2013 FSCC Early Cash]] bonspiel in [[Blaine, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcurl.com/events.php?view=Main&eventid=3147|title=Christensen wins FSCC Early Cash|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Tour|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> At the last two warm-up events before the Winter Universiade, the [[2013 St. Paul Cash Spiel|St. Paul Cash Spiel]] and [[Molson Cash Spiel]], they again only won one game each.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=3139&teamid=69477&profileid=|title=Christensen 1-4 at 2013 St. Paul Cash Spiel|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=3151&teamid=71206|title=Christensen 1-3 at 2013 Molson Cash Spiel|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>
Christensen, Funk, and the Bauman sisters started the [[2013–14 curling season|2013-14 season]] off playing in a series of [[World Curling Tour]] (WCT) [[Bonspiel|bonspiels]] in a lead up to the 2013 Winter Universiade. At the [[2013 Fort Wayne Summer Cash Spiel|Fort Wayne Summer Cash Spiel]] they only got one win<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=3131&teamid=69020|title=Christensen 1-4 at 2013 Fort Wayne Summer Cash Spiel|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> but they followed that up a month later with their first career Tour victory at the [[2013 FSCC Early Cash]] bonspiel in [[Blaine, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcurl.com/events.php?view=Main&eventid=3147|title=Christensen wins FSCC Early Cash|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Tour|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> At the last two warm-up events before the Winter Universiade, the [[2013 St. Paul Cash Spiel|St. Paul Cash Spiel]] and [[Molson Cash Spiel]], they again only won one game each.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=3139&teamid=69477&profileid=|title=Christensen 1-4 at 2013 St. Paul Cash Spiel|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=3151&teamid=71206|title=Christensen 1-3 at 2013 Molson Cash Spiel|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>


At the Winter Universiade, held in [[Trentino|Trentino, Italy]], Sonja Bauman and Mackenzie Lank swapped positions, with Lank taking over at lead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Team-USA-heads-to-Italy-for-Winter-World-University-Games|title=CURLING: Team USA heads to Italy for Winter World University Games|last=|first=|date=Dec 10, 2013|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The team missed the playoffs, finished the round-robin in eighth place with a 3-6 record.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-USA-men-to-play-tiebreaker-for-playoff-berth-at-2013-World-University-Games|title=CURLING: USA men to play tiebreaker for playoff berth at 2013 World University Games|last=|first=|date=Dec 15, 2013|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/504|title=XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>
At the Winter Universiade, held in [[Trentino|Trentino, Italy]], Sonja Bauman and Mackenzie Lank swapped positions, with Lank taking over at lead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Team-USA-heads-to-Italy-for-Winter-World-University-Games|title=CURLING: Team USA heads to Italy for Winter World University Games|last=|first=|date=Dec 10, 2013|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> The team missed the playoffs, finished the round-robin in eighth place with a 3-6 record.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-USA-men-to-play-tiebreaker-for-playoff-berth-at-2013-World-University-Games|title=CURLING: USA men to play tiebreaker for playoff berth at 2013 World University Games|last=|first=|date=Dec 15, 2013|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/504|title=XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>


Later that season Christensen regained her Junior National title at the 2014 event and then defended it in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/Junior-National-Championships/Junior-National-Championships/Champions/Women|title=Junior National Championships - Women|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref> At the [[2014 World Junior Curling Championships|2014 World Junior Championship]] Christensen finished in 6th place with a 5-4 record.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/485|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2014|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite magazine|last=|first=|date=May 2014|title=Cory Christensen leads American Ladies to 5-4 finish at World Junior Championships|url=http://content.yudu.com/A2ulcp/CurlingNewsSummer14|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=42|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> At [[2015 World Junior Curling Championships|World Juniors in 2015]] her team again finished the round-robin with a 5-4 record, but this time it was good enough to tie [[Lisa Gisler]]'s Switzerland team for the last playoffs berth. Christensen lost the tiebreaker game to Gisler, who would go on to win the bronze medal.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/527|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2015|title=U.S. teams sweep to fifth-place in Estonia|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/May-2015/May2015CNews.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=12|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> In 2016 Christensen competed in her final [[2016 World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championship]] and found her greatest success. Her team finished the round-robin with a 7-2 record, good enough for the second seed in the [[page playoff system]]. In the 1 vs 2 playoff game Christensen defeated the number one seed Canada, skipped by [[Mary Fay]]. This gave the United States a path straight to the final where they ultimately faced Canada again, this time losing 4-7 to earn the silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/553|title=VoIP Defender World Junior Curling Championships 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref>
Later that season Christensen regained her Junior National title at the 2014 event and then defended it in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/Junior-National-Championships/Junior-National-Championships/Champions/Women|title=Junior National Championships - Women|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102033/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/Junior-National-Championships/Junior-National-Championships/Champions/Women|archive-date=2017-12-23|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref> At the [[2014 World Junior Curling Championships|2014 World Junior Championship]] Christensen finished in 6th place with a 5-4 record.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/485|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2014|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite magazine|last=|first=|date=May 2014|title=Cory Christensen leads American Ladies to 5-4 finish at World Junior Championships|url=http://content.yudu.com/A2ulcp/CurlingNewsSummer14|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=42|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> At [[2015 World Junior Curling Championships|World Juniors in 2015]] her team again finished the round-robin with a 5-4 record, but this time it was good enough to tie [[Lisa Gisler]]'s Switzerland team for the last playoffs berth. Christensen lost the tiebreaker game to Gisler, who would go on to win the bronze medal.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/527|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2015|title=U.S. teams sweep to fifth-place in Estonia|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/May-2015/May2015CNews.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=12|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> In 2016 Christensen competed in her final [[2016 World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championship]] and found her greatest success. Her team finished the round-robin with a 7-2 record, good enough for the second seed in the [[page playoff system]]. In the 1 vs 2 playoff game Christensen defeated the number one seed Canada, skipped by [[Mary Fay]]. This gave the United States a path straight to the final where they ultimately faced Canada again, this time losing 4-7 to earn the silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/553|title=VoIP Defender World Junior Curling Championships 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref>


=== 2016-2019: Women's and mixed doubles ===
=== 2016-2019: Women's and mixed doubles ===
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=== 2019-Present: Team Sinclair ===
=== 2019-Present: Team Sinclair ===
Shortly after the [[2018–19 curling season|2018-19 curling season]] ended it was announced that Christensen's team was dissolving; Martin decided to step away from competitive curling, Bear became skip of her own team, and Christensen and Persinger joined [[Jamie Sinclair]]'s team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2019/May/23/National-team-for-upcoming-season-announced|title=National team for upcoming season announced|last=Davis|first=Terry|date=May 23, 2019|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 9, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Christensen and Persinger took the third and second spots on Team Sinclair, respectively, while Sarah and Taylor Anderson, who had previously played those positions, moved up to lead and alternate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling-team-changes-recap-for-2019-20-season/|title=Curling team changes recap for 2019-20 season|last=Brazeau|first=Jonathan|date=Jul 1, 2019|website=Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 9, 2020}}</ref> Retired Canadian curler [[Cathy Overton-Clapham]] joined Team Sinclair as their coach for the [[2019–20 curling season|2019-20 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/hall-of-famer-cathy-overton-clapham-to-coach-team-jamie-sinclair-1.1348270|title=Hall of Famer Cathy Overton-Clapham to coach Team Jamie Sinclair|last=|first=|date=2019-08-08|website=TSN|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> On the WCT the team won the [[Red Deer Curling Classic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/sports/pahl-and-sinclair-win-at-red-deer-curling-classic/|title=Pahl and Sinclair win at Red Deer Curling Classic|last=Hackett|first=Byron|date=2019-11-18|website=Red Deer Advocate|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> and followed it a couple of weeks later by making it to the quarterfinals at the [[Curl Mesabi Classic]], where they lost to [[Tabitha Peterson]]'s team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2019/December/02/Dropkin-rink-wins-Curl-Mesabi-title|title=Dropkin rink wins Curl Mesabi title|last=|first=|date=Dec 2, 2019|website=USA Curling|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 9, 2020}}</ref>
Shortly after the [[2018–19 curling season|2018-19 curling season]] ended it was announced that Christensen's team was dissolving; Martin decided to step away from competitive curling, Bear became skip of her own team, and Christensen and Persinger joined [[Jamie Sinclair]]'s team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2019/May/23/National-team-for-upcoming-season-announced|title=National team for upcoming season announced|last=Davis|first=Terry|date=May 23, 2019|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 9, 2020}}</ref> Christensen and Persinger took the third and second spots on Team Sinclair, respectively, while Sarah and Taylor Anderson, who had previously played those positions, moved up to lead and alternate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling-team-changes-recap-for-2019-20-season/|title=Curling team changes recap for 2019-20 season|last=Brazeau|first=Jonathan|date=Jul 1, 2019|website=Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=Jan 9, 2020}}</ref> Retired Canadian curler [[Cathy Overton-Clapham]] joined Team Sinclair as their coach for the [[2019–20 curling season|2019-20 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/hall-of-famer-cathy-overton-clapham-to-coach-team-jamie-sinclair-1.1348270|title=Hall of Famer Cathy Overton-Clapham to coach Team Jamie Sinclair|last=|first=|date=2019-08-08|website=TSN|language=en|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> On the WCT the team won the [[Red Deer Curling Classic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/sports/pahl-and-sinclair-win-at-red-deer-curling-classic/|title=Pahl and Sinclair win at Red Deer Curling Classic|last=Hackett|first=Byron|date=2019-11-18|website=Red Deer Advocate|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> and followed it a couple of weeks later by making it to the quarterfinals at the [[Curl Mesabi Classic]], where they lost to [[Tabitha Peterson]]'s team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2019/December/02/Dropkin-rink-wins-Curl-Mesabi-title|title=Dropkin rink wins Curl Mesabi title|last=|first=|date=Dec 2, 2019|website=USA Curling|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227172347/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2019/December/02/Dropkin-rink-wins-Curl-Mesabi-title|archive-date=2019-12-27|access-date=Jan 9, 2020}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Christensen grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. Thanks to a strong youth program at the local [[Duluth Curling Club]] and both of her parents curling, she started curling early.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldcurling.org/2019/09/cory-christensen/|title=Meet United States Olympian Cory Christensen|last=|first=|date=Sep 20, 2019|website=World Curling Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> Her mom Linda Christensen has found competitive success on the curling ice as well, winning the United States Senior Curling Championship twice (2015 & 2016) and earning the bronze medal at the [[2015 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament|2015 World Senior Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Linda-Christensen|title=Linda Christensen|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>
Christensen grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. Thanks to a strong youth program at the local [[Duluth Curling Club]] and both of her parents curling, she started curling early.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldcurling.org/2019/09/cory-christensen/|title=Meet United States Olympian Cory Christensen|last=|first=|date=Sep 20, 2019|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> Her mom Linda Christensen has found competitive success on the curling ice as well, winning the United States Senior Curling Championship twice (2015 & 2016) and earning the bronze medal at the [[2015 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament|2015 World Senior Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Linda-Christensen|title=Linda Christensen|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}{{dead link|date=January 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


Christensen studied exercise science at the [[University of Minnesota Duluth|University of Minnesota, Duluth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/maroon-and-gold-olympics|title=Maroon and gold in the Olympics|last=|first=|date=Feb 8, 2018|website=University of Minnesota|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/cory-christensen-olympic-student-athlete|title=Cory Christensen: Olympic student-athlete|last=Shelton|first=Josh|date=Feb 13, 2018|work=WTHR|access-date=Jan 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Christensen studied exercise science at the [[University of Minnesota Duluth|University of Minnesota, Duluth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/maroon-and-gold-olympics|title=Maroon and gold in the Olympics|last=|first=|date=Feb 8, 2018|website=University of Minnesota|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/cory-christensen-olympic-student-athlete|title=Cory Christensen: Olympic student-athlete|last=Shelton|first=Josh|date=Feb 13, 2018|work=WTHR|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==


* 2011 Women's Curtis Cup for Sportsmanship<ref name=":0" />
* 2011 Women's Curtis Cup for Sportsmanship<ref name=":0" />
* USA Curling’s 2016 Female Athlete of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/For-Athletes/Awards/Female-Athlete-of-the-Year|title=Female Athlete of the Year|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/cory-christensen-likes-her-young-team-s-chances-at-u-s-olympic-curling-trials/456773573/|title=Cory Christensen likes her young team's chances at U.S. Olympic Curling Trials|last=Blount|first=Rachel|date=Nov 10, 2017|website=Star Tribune|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 11, 2020}}</ref>
* USA Curling’s 2016 Female Athlete of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/For-Athletes/Awards/Female-Athlete-of-the-Year|title=Female Athlete of the Year|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121071934/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/For-Athletes/Awards/Female-Athlete-of-the-Year|archive-date=2014-01-21|access-date=Jan 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/cory-christensen-likes-her-young-team-s-chances-at-u-s-olympic-curling-trials/456773573/|title=Cory Christensen likes her young team's chances at U.S. Olympic Curling Trials|last=Blount|first=Rachel|date=Nov 10, 2017|website=Star Tribune|access-date=Jan 11, 2020}}</ref>
* USA Curling's 2019 Team of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/For-Athletes/Awards/Team-of-the-Year|title=Team of the Year|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hibbingmn.com/free_press/usa-curling-honors-shuster-christensen/article_5423448c-d04c-11e9-b3f7-4f4a4f392f47.html|title=USA Curling honors Shuster, Christensen|last=|first=|date=Sep 5, 2019|website=Hibbing Daily Tribune|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 11, 2020}}</ref>
* USA Curling's 2019 Team of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/For-Athletes/Awards/Team-of-the-Year|title=Team of the Year|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Curling|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121071940/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/For-Athletes/Awards/Team-of-the-Year|archive-date=2014-01-21|access-date=Jan 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hibbingmn.com/free_press/usa-curling-honors-shuster-christensen/article_5423448c-d04c-11e9-b3f7-4f4a4f392f47.html|title=USA Curling honors Shuster, Christensen|last=|first=|date=Sep 5, 2019|website=Hibbing Daily Tribune|language=en|access-date=Jan 11, 2020}}</ref>


==Teams==
==Teams==
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| 2014-15 || '''Cory Christensen''' || [[Sarah Anderson (curler)|Sarah Anderson]] || [[Mackenzie Lank]] || Jenna Haag || [[Taylor Anderson (curler)|Taylor Anderson]]<br>''<small>[[John Benton (curler)|John Benton]]</small>'' || 2015 USJCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=Spring 2015|title=Minnesota boys, High Performance girls capture 2015 Junior Nationals titles|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/Spring-2015/CNewsSpring2015_web.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=|pages=12-13|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>[[2015 United States Women's Curling Championship|2015 USWCC]] (4th)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2015|title=Olympians Brown, Shuster lead teams to national titles|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/May-2015/May2015CNews.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=|pages=16-17|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WJCC|2015|2015 WJCC}} (5th)<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" />
| 2014-15 || '''Cory Christensen''' || [[Sarah Anderson (curler)|Sarah Anderson]] || [[Mackenzie Lank]] || Jenna Haag || [[Taylor Anderson (curler)|Taylor Anderson]]<br>''<small>[[John Benton (curler)|John Benton]]</small>'' || 2015 USJCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=Spring 2015|title=Minnesota boys, High Performance girls capture 2015 Junior Nationals titles|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/Spring-2015/CNewsSpring2015_web.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=|pages=12-13|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>[[2015 United States Women's Curling Championship|2015 USWCC]] (4th)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2015|title=Olympians Brown, Shuster lead teams to national titles|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/May-2015/May2015CNews.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=|pages=16-17|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WJCC|2015|2015 WJCC}} (5th)<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" />
|-
|-
| 2015-16 || '''Cory Christensen''' || [[Sarah Anderson (curler)|Sarah Anderson]] || [[Taylor Anderson (curler)|Taylor Anderson]] || Madison Bear || Christine McMakin<br>''<small>Dave Jensen</small>'' || 2016 USJCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Davis|first=Terry|date=Spring 2016|title=High Performance teams sweep to gold|url=http://content.yudu.com/web/y5b2/0A1yadv/Spring2016|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=|pages=8-9|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>[[2016 United States Women's Curling Championship|2016 USWCC]] {{Bronze3}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=4186|title=Brown wins 2016 USA Women's National Curling Championship|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WJCC|2016|2016 WJCC}} {{Silver2}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Davis|first=Terry|date=Summer 2016|title=Double silver for Team USA|url=http://content.yudu.com/web/y5b2/0A1yadv/Summer2016|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=9|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>
| 2015-16 || '''Cory Christensen''' || [[Sarah Anderson (curler)|Sarah Anderson]] || [[Taylor Anderson (curler)|Taylor Anderson]] || Madison Bear || Christine McMakin<br>''<small>Dave Jensen</small>'' || 2016 USJCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Davis|first=Terry|date=Spring 2016|title=High Performance teams sweep to gold|url=http://content.yudu.com/web/y5b2/0A1yadv/Spring2016|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=|pages=8-9|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>[[2016 United States Women's Curling Championship|2016 USWCC]] {{Bronze3}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=4186|title=Brown wins 2016 USA Women's National Curling Championship|last=|first=|date=|website=CurlingZone|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WJCC|2016|2016 WJCC}} {{Silver2}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Davis|first=Terry|date=Summer 2016|title=Double silver for Team USA|url=http://content.yudu.com/web/y5b2/0A1yadv/Summer2016|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=9|pages=|doi=|pmid=|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref>
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|rowspan=2| 2016-17 || '''Cory Christensen''' || [[Sarah Anderson (curler)|Sarah Anderson]] || [[Taylor Anderson (curler)|Taylor Anderson]] || Jenna Haag || || [[2017 United States Women's Curling Championship|2017 USWCC]] (5th)
|rowspan=2| 2016-17 || '''Cory Christensen''' || [[Sarah Anderson (curler)|Sarah Anderson]] || [[Taylor Anderson (curler)|Taylor Anderson]] || Jenna Haag || || [[2017 United States Women's Curling Championship|2017 USWCC]] (5th)

Revision as of 19:48, 12 January 2020

Cory Christensen
Curler
Born (1994-01-12) January 12, 1994 (age 30)
Duluth, Minnesota[1]
Team
SkipJamie Sinclair
ThirdCory Christensen
SecondVicky Persinger
LeadSarah Anderson
AlternateTaylor Anderson
Mixed doubles
partner		John Shuster
Curling career
World Championship
appearances		1 (2017)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2019)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2018)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's curling
World Junior Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Copenhagen
United States Olympic Curling Trials
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Omaha
United States National Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Fargo
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kalamazoo
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Jacksonville
Mixed doubles curling
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stavanger
United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials
Silver medal – second place 2017 Blaine
United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seattle

Cory Christensen (born December 1, 1994) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota.[2] Christensen was one of the top junior women's curlers in the United States, playing in six national junior championships and winning four of them.

Curling career

2010-2013: Early Juniors

Christensen's first appearance on the national stage was at the 2011 United States Junior National Championships, where she finished fifth.[3] Out of the six Junior National appearances, that would be the only time she did not play in the championship final. At the 2012 Junior Championships Christensen returned with the same team of third Elizabeth Busche, second Anna Bauman and lead Sonja Bauman. Christensen skipped her team to victory, earning her first national junior title and her first opportunity to represent the United States at the World Junior Championships.[4] At the 2012 World Juniors, Christensen's team finished with a winless 0-9 record.[5][6] Tragedy struck just weeks after competing at the World Championship in Ostersund, Sweden when Christensen's vice-skip Busche died from cancer.[7] Buche's sudden, young death hit Christensen and the rest of the Duluth junior curlers hard.[8]

The next season Christensen returned to competition with the Bauman sisters remaining on the front end of the team and Rebecca Funk replacing Busche at third.[9] The team started the season off strong, winning the Minnesota Junior Women's State Championship.[10] At the 2013 Junior Nationals it looked like Christensen was going defend to her title when she finished the round-robin as the number one seed with a 8-1 record, but ultimately she had to settle for the silver medal when they lost the final to Miranda Solem's team by a single point.[11][12] Christensen would still get to play at the 2013 World Junior Championships though, as Solem asked her to join as their alternate. Christensen would play in four games at the World Juniors as they finished in seventh place with a 4-5 record.[13][14]

After Christensen returned from World's she rejoined her Junior Nationals team, plus Mackenzie Lank as alternate, for one more event at the end of the season, the qualifier to represent the United States at the 2013 Winter Universiade. The University Games Qualifier had five of the top Junior Women's teams and six of the top Junior Men's teams in the country competing.[15] Tied after the round-robin, Christensen's team defeated Becca Hamilton's team in a tiebreaker to earn their trip to the Winter Universiade.[16][17]

2013-2016: Junior High Performance Program

Christensen, Funk, and the Bauman sisters started the 2013-14 season off playing in a series of World Curling Tour (WCT) bonspiels in a lead up to the 2013 Winter Universiade. At the Fort Wayne Summer Cash Spiel they only got one win[18] but they followed that up a month later with their first career Tour victory at the 2013 FSCC Early Cash bonspiel in Blaine, Minnesota.[19] At the last two warm-up events before the Winter Universiade, the St. Paul Cash Spiel and Molson Cash Spiel, they again only won one game each.[20][21]

At the Winter Universiade, held in Trentino, Italy, Sonja Bauman and Mackenzie Lank swapped positions, with Lank taking over at lead.[22] The team missed the playoffs, finished the round-robin in eighth place with a 3-6 record.[23][24]

Later that season Christensen regained her Junior National title at the 2014 event and then defended it in 2015 and 2016.[25] At the 2014 World Junior Championship Christensen finished in 6th place with a 5-4 record.[26][27] At World Juniors in 2015 her team again finished the round-robin with a 5-4 record, but this time it was good enough to tie Lisa Gisler's Switzerland team for the last playoffs berth. Christensen lost the tiebreaker game to Gisler, who would go on to win the bronze medal.[28][29] In 2016 Christensen competed in her final World Junior Championship and found her greatest success. Her team finished the round-robin with a 7-2 record, good enough for the second seed in the page playoff system. In the 1 vs 2 playoff game Christensen defeated the number one seed Canada, skipped by Mary Fay. This gave the United States a path straight to the final where they ultimately faced Canada again, this time losing 4-7 to earn the silver medal.[30]

2016-2019: Women's and mixed doubles

Christensen competes in mixed doubles curling with John Shuster. The pair finished in second place at the 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials and earned a national championship in 2019.[31] Christensen and Shuster won the bronze medal in the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

2019-Present: Team Sinclair

Shortly after the 2018-19 curling season ended it was announced that Christensen's team was dissolving; Martin decided to step away from competitive curling, Bear became skip of her own team, and Christensen and Persinger joined Jamie Sinclair's team.[32] Christensen and Persinger took the third and second spots on Team Sinclair, respectively, while Sarah and Taylor Anderson, who had previously played those positions, moved up to lead and alternate.[33] Retired Canadian curler Cathy Overton-Clapham joined Team Sinclair as their coach for the 2019-20 season.[34] On the WCT the team won the Red Deer Curling Classic[35] and followed it a couple of weeks later by making it to the quarterfinals at the Curl Mesabi Classic, where they lost to Tabitha Peterson's team.[36]

Personal life

Christensen grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. Thanks to a strong youth program at the local Duluth Curling Club and both of her parents curling, she started curling early.[37] Her mom Linda Christensen has found competitive success on the curling ice as well, winning the United States Senior Curling Championship twice (2015 & 2016) and earning the bronze medal at the 2015 World Senior Championship.[38]

Christensen studied exercise science at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.[39][40]

Awards

  • 2011 Women's Curtis Cup for Sportsmanship[3]
  • USA Curling’s 2016 Female Athlete of the Year[41][42]
  • USA Curling's 2019 Team of the Year[43][44]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Coach		 Events
Women's curling
2010–11 Cory Christensen Elizabeth Busche Anna Bauman Sonja Bauman 2011 USJCC (5th)[3]
2011–12 Cory Christensen Elizabeth Busche Anna Bauman Sonja Bauman Rebecca Funk 2012 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[4]
2012 WJCC (10th)[5]
2012-13 Cory Christensen Rebecca Funk Anna Bauman Sonja Bauman 2013 USJCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[11]
Miranda Solem Vicky Persinger Karlie Koenig Chelsea Solem Cory Christensen
Mike Solem and John Benton		 2013 WJCC (7th)[13][14]
2013-14 Cory Christensen Rebecca Funk Anna Bauman Mackenzie Lank Sonja Bauman 2013 WUG (8th)[23]
Cory Christensen Mackenzie Lank Anna Bauman Anna Hopkins Tina Persinger
Linda Christensen		 2014 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[45]
2014 WJCC (6th)[26][27]
2014-15 Cory Christensen Sarah Anderson Mackenzie Lank Jenna Haag Taylor Anderson
John Benton		 2015 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[46]
2015 USWCC (4th)[47]
2015 WJCC (5th)[28][29]
2015-16 Cory Christensen Sarah Anderson Taylor Anderson Madison Bear Christine McMakin
Dave Jensen		 2016 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[48]
2016 USWCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[49]
2016 WJCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[50]
2016-17 Cory Christensen Sarah Anderson Taylor Anderson Jenna Haag 2017 USWCC (5th)
Nina Roth Tabitha Peterson Aileen Geving Becca Hamilton Cory Christensen 2017 WCC (5th)
2017-18 Cory Christensen Sarah Anderson Taylor Anderson Jenna Martin 2017 USOCT (3rd)
2018 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nina Roth Tabitha Peterson Aileen Geving Becca Hamilton Cory Christensen 2018 WOG (8th)
2018-19 Cory Christensen Vicky Persinger Jenna Martin Madison Bear CWC/3 (5th)
2019 USWCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019-20 Jamie Sinclair Cory Christensen Vicky Persinger Taylor Anderson Sarah Anderson
Cathy Overton-Clapham
Mixed doubles curling
2014–15 Cory Christensen Derek Benson 2015 USMDCC (DNQ)[51]
2016-17 Cory Christensen John Shuster 2017 USMDOT (2nd)
2017 USMDCC (TB)
2018-19 Cory Christensen John Shuster 2019 USMDCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 WMDCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  4. ^ a b Kolesar, Terry (April 2012). "Minnesota, Massachusetts capture junior titles". U.S. Curling News. p. 9. Retrieved Jan 2, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "World Junior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Dec 21, 2019.
  6. ^ Kolesar, Terry (May 2012). "USA finishes 5th, 10th at World Juniors". U.S. Curling News. p. 11. Retrieved Jan 2, 2020.
  7. ^ "Team USA curler from Duluth loses battle with cancer". Duluth News Tribune. May 5, 2012. Retrieved Dec 21, 2019.
  8. ^ Malcomb, Jamey (Feb 27, 2015). "Duluth curlers set for junior worlds". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved Jan 3, 2020.
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  10. ^ "Past Champions of the Minnesota State Junior Women's Championships". Minnesota Curling Association. Retrieved Dec 21, 2019.
  11. ^ a b "USA Junior Women's Championship - Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved Dec 21, 2019.
  12. ^ Kolesar, Terry (Spring 2013). "Solem, Dropkin rinks win 2013 Junior National titles". U.S. Curling News. pp. 10–11. Retrieved Jan 2, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "World Junior Curling Championships 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Dec 21, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "American ladies finish seventh". U.S. Curling News. Summer 2013. p. 20. Retrieved Jan 2, 2020.
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